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This has been a very good Series. McCormick's big catch against the CF wall keys a 5-out save for Pressly. Verlander for the win.

JV's win is at risk of going poof, through no fault of himself. 3-2 Houston in 8th, Phillies with runners on 1st and 3rd and only 1 out.

Even more lopsided than JJ vs McNamara so far.

Larkin with the ENG! The Wings really needed this win. I really haven't figured out this team. I guess they're pretty good so far at winning games they should win or be competitive in, not so good against good teams on the road.

Copp! Finally. Great timing though. I think he was surprised it went in. 2-1 Wings with 3:50 to go in 3rd.

Astros get the no hitter! Being shared by 4 pitchers takes some of the fun out of it though.

That’s good news about Berggren and Edvinsson.

A Penn State win over Ohio State would have made things interesting. It sounds like that with records against crossover teams being the tie breaker, if Penn State had won out the rest of the way Michigan likely would have won a 3-way tiebreaker if Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn St all ended up with 1 loss. Imagine that - Michigan goes into Columbus 11-0 and loses, but then wins the Big 10 championship game the following week. Michigan as a 1-loss Big 10 champion would have been hard to keep out, provided the Ohio St loss wasn't a blowout.

As long as Michigan can beat Illinois, an 11-1 record and a trip to the Rose Bowl to play perhaps USC or Oregon would be a nice season. Not that I’m conceding the OSU game, which if it were played tomorrow I’d give Michigan about a 30% chance of winning.

I think TCU has a stronger resume than Clemson, to be honest. Although I expect them to lose a couple along the rest of the way. Takeaway is that this should erase any illusion that Michigan has decent chance of making playoff if they lose to Ohio State. A loss will only cut it if they lose to Illinois, beat OSU, then beat Illinois in Big 10 championship rematch. MAYBE if they go 12-0 but lose Big 10 championship game to Illinois.

That remind s me of the thinking on Podkolzin in 2019. Canucks ended up picking him 10th overall. Last season, the 3rd since the draft and 1st for him in NHL. He scored 14G 12A. Most Canucks fans have pretty good hopes for him.

Clemson’s out of conference opponents so far? Furman and Lousiana Tech!

First big test for Lalonde now. Wings get outshot 19-2 in 3rd, totally lost their composure. Lose 8-3.

Wings getting chippy.

Ned's season stats looking really ugly. This game is not all on him. But he needs to do better.

Collapse. 6 points for Tage Thompson.

A lot of talk this summer as to which team in the Atlantic is most improved - Buffalo, Ottawa or Detroit. Only one game, in Buffalo, but Sabres clearly outplayed the Wings most of tonight. 6-3 now.

Wings fight back to 4-3, but nearing the end of a penalty kill Ned lets in a softie through the legs. Backbreaker.

Apart from the 4-2-2 record, I don’t feel great about the team right now. Missing Vrana and Bertuzzi is a big hole to fill - only Larkin and Kubalik have more than 5 points.

Leafs lose 4th straight. 4-4-2 on year. First three losses on this streak were in regulation, tonight was in OT. But this one might have been worse because it was to lowly Anaheim after leading 3-1 midway through 3rd. Knives are out for coach Keefe, and to a some lesser extent, GM Dubas.

Wtf with the spot?

Goff’s challenge is not only taking the Lions downfield for a Td but to also milk enough clock so they score as time expires.